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Employee Unappreciation Week
My last gig before retiring was with a midwestern bank. It was a great company, and I worked with a lot of great folks. One thing they were big on was appreciation – which I totally get. I’m big on focusing on the things I have to be appreciative about. It seemed like every couple…
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April in Paris
Okay… I’m taking a one-post Talking Heads hiatus, but I thought this Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie classic would be the perfect title for this post, aside from two minor facts: first off, we didn’t get to our most recent destination until May first, so we didn’t exactly get there in April, and second of all… well,…
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Five Not Great Super Powers
I’m not one to watch super hero movies. They’re just not my thing. I’ve seen a few over the years and get the idea, but it all seems so unrealistic. Kristen and I were discussing Spiderman this week, and if the guy was truly like a spider, we realized he should be shooting those webs…
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Wild Wild Life
Okay… so when the Talking Heads were kind of at their peak, David Byrne decided to make a movie called ‘True Stories’, and the whole band shows up in the film at one point or another. Wild Wild Life was kind of the hit single from the soundtrack. Here’s an odd bit of trivia –…
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Top Five Movies as Ranked by Sam Elliott’s Hair
So I mentioned a few weeks back when I gave a review of the new Roadhouse movie that I have a borderline obsessive man crush on Sam Elliott. As this trip has progressed, I’ve stopped shaving and I’m not planning on getting a haircut any time too soon, in the fruitless hopes that I could…
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Nico Nico in Coconino!
Okay, we’re going to put the Talking Heads song titles away for a post here, because we enjoyed the word play around Nico and our current location. Credit to Kristen for coming up with the post title. I was trying to think of a way to change up “Copa Cabana” to “Coconino”, but to no…
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These Memories Can’t Wait
Okay… when I started writing these travel posts, I thought “Road to Nowhere” was the perfect title. I love the Talking Heads, and it tied in to our plans so nicely. Since then I’ve kind of boxed myself into using Talking Heads song titles for these posts, which wasn’t really my intention. I mentioned last…
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This Must Be The Place
Okay… This may be the last Talking Heads song I go with for a title. I love this little tune off “Speaking in Tongues”, but I realize we’re well past where anyone outside of pretty big fans will know what the heck I’m referring to. Anyway, I’m sure you’re curious what “must be the place”?…
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Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
I mentioned before that Kristen and I have hit a couple dozen national parks together, and Nico is rapidly building up his collection of parks too. It’s cliche, but we often take a picture of the park sign near the entrance. You can see from Nico’s face above, that he thinks it’s kind of a…
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Once In a Lifetime
Okay, let’s get back to the Talking Heads inspired post titles, after our short Nancy Sinatra detour. So, this wasn’t exactly a once-in-a-lifetime event for me or Kristen, but it has been so far for Nico – on April 8th, we enjoyed the solar eclipse in the heart of the Path of Totality. (Kristen and…
Where’s Nico? 